Does anyone even take certificates to an interview anymore?

[Totallybannanas]

Dh is going for a promotion and has just dug out his Record of Achievement folder! I personally think it's a bit naff 🙈. I've used a smart plastic folder with current certificates and training, which are additional to things required which highlights my experience but definitely wouldn't be taking a retro folder in with certificates from 16!

Mine are still stored in my Record of Achievement folder! Why not. I can't see the point in throwing it out and buying a replacement just for the sake of it. That kind of thing is the reason the planet is fucked.

I don't ask to see them at interview but we do ask for copies at the same time we take up references

I think mine may still be stored in my parents’ house somewhere. 🙈

I am 54 and had to take mine for my last interview two years ago

As others have said, school jobs require sight of the original at interview. At my school I have had to show them for every internal promotion I've applied for too, even though they take a copy every time.

I've got mine. Got it in 1990 when I did my GCSEs. It's on the shelf of my classroom. :) I added my A levels, then my degree cert and my teaching cert as well as any letters of employment and post graduate certs I've completed. I'm sure it's v naff but didn't fancy throwing it away just to replace it with a similar folder. And I don't care about bringing it home to keep my docs at home.

I've just retired & no-one ever asked me for my O level, A level or degree certificate!

No idea where mine are, too many house moves. No i wouldn’t take them, if they require proof supply then. Never seen a folder like that either and im of that vintage!

I paid to get mine translated from abroad and NO ONE ever asked to see them! 😂

DS was most put out that no-one ever checked his degree for his graduate scheme or for any subsequent job.

I have one of these and can never remove my certificates for GCSE and A level as they have stuck to the plastic and would remove all the type if I tried. Luckily my current employer only asked for my degree cert and chartership cert so I didn't have to whip out the burgundy horror!

I’ve had afew people bring them and we always have a chat about the nostalgia!

I’ve never once been asked for them and it’s never occurred to me to take them.

I not 100% sure where they are.

I rediscovered mine a couple of years ago. My personal statement from way back then- totally cringe!

Never been asked and I don’t even own my certificates, so I’d be stumped if anyone asked to see them.

No, if HR wants to verify any documents, they will ask.

I left in 1990 and had one, you must have just missed out. No idea where mine is lol.
Last 2 interviews I've had 2020 and in July this year, ive had to take certificates to the interview.

The same happened to mine! All the print was on the plastic not the card.

At every Teacher vacancy I've applied for I've been told in advance to take them. I keep mine in a briefcase along with teen dc's. So they don't get lost.

That would say to me he’s behind the times. Everything is digital. He needs to get with it.

I’ve never been asked for certificates except once when I had a job at a university and they wanted to see my GCSE & A-Level certificates which I can’t remember ever having! I’ve even lied about a couple of my results over the years! Lol! No one is bothered nowadays. They want to know your experience not what grade you got in GCSE’s over 20 plus years ago imo.

I'm 60 in a couple of days. I did supply teaching so my certificates have had plenty of action.

If I was interviewing and a candidate brought their record of achievement from the 90s that would definitely negatively impact their evaluation.

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I think I once uploaded my degree transcripts to an online portal. I’ve literally never been asked about GCSEs or A-levels.

For a promotion presumably within the same company(?) taking it is extra weird! Surely the interview will focus on what he’s delivered in his current role.

Not everything is digital. I did my O and A levels in the 1980s and the results have never been available online.

I just googled and GCSE results are apparently only online from 2012 onwards… ie everyone aged over approx 30 can’t access their results digitally. How do you propose that they “get with it”?